Ashley and I enjoyed briefing our team on Islam and Hinduism. Always fun and interesting!

Then over to Al Madina to check out N. Africa and the Middle East.



Global Mall was very interesting too as there were a group of people praying while we were there at the Shiva Mandir Hindu temple.


Ate lunch at Ashiana. Delicious!

Then to the missions. Great response from the kids.

We also went by the missions we’ll be working at this weekend. Ten in all!

Came home to run 5.04 miles.

Felt good. Beautiful!

Admin duties now. K and I watched the final episode of Psych on DVR. Although I thought the final season was pretty weak, I must say Psych was one of my favorite shows on TV EVER! I’ll miss Shawn and Gus. Look forward to seeing what new shows they’ll land.

The wisteria in Atlanta is amazing! And smells great!

Interesting plate.

Ashley and I had a great time briefing the team from Pinecrest BC this morning on Buddhism.

We love our bubblation!

I’m the Bubble Whisperer. Here I’m showing them “bubble juggling” a sport I invented.

We took them on the Cultural Safari to Asian Square and Confianza #4 and then ate Malaysian food at Penang. FUN!







Led the team to Azalea to do ministry.

Then to their second location at Cumberland Court! GREAT DAY!




Came home to mow the yard and blow the driveway.

Admin duties now.

Had over 2 1/2″ of rain today. Yow!

Ashley and I had fun briefing our team from Pine Crest Baptist Church this morning!

We took them on a tour of the Buford Highway Farmers Market. Always something interesting to see!

It was rainy weather, but we still had a great time.

They had some cool games for the kids at the mission who are on spring break.

Always awesome to hang out with BOTH my kids!

Did the shopping and came home to work on admin duties.

Had a wild day!

Kathy and I went to Rockbridge Baptist Church this morning!


They are the sponsoring church for Whirlwind Missions. We enjoyed celebrating their 5th anniversary today!

A special surprise was included in that the Barrington family was there!

Carl Barrington is the president of our board and is an amazing soloist! It was great to hear him sing!

Came home for a brief rest then went to the Variety Playhouse to see one of my favorite artists ever: Todd Rundgren!

I went to New York last year especially to see him. Enjoyed that concert and got to meet him in NYC.

This evening I had the same good fortune!

Fantastic show and got to meet him and Kasim Sultin, the bass player.

Really was a special show as he performed many of my favorite songs such as “Hello, it’s me” and “I saw the light.” I was right up against the stage literally four feet from him. It was fun to talk with him between songs, cheering the band on. A fantastic night.

Ready to crash now and be up early for my team in the morning!

Cleaned the bathroom and gave myself a haircut.

Recorded a new podcast this morning! Always one of my favorite things to do! Have you ever considered the fact that you are an animal?

Do you remember what it was like to be a kid? Then you’ll find this episode of Verbal Surgery especially interesting! Check out “Wild Child!”

We’ve enjoyed babysitting our granddog, Moogie! She’s been a little sweetheart.

Enjoyed lunch with Kathy. Always fun. I liked this tree that was outside our window.

Came home to rest. I’ve been burning the candle at both ends recently.

Then for a 5.10 mile run. Felt great! Absolutely beautiful. The dogwoods are spectacular along with the red bud trees. And the azaleas are starting to bloom!

Tulips!

Cool sun.


I liked these sections of trees.





The wisteria is also amazing.

Got cleaned up then cleaned my fish tank. It’ll look great in a hour or so after the sand settles.

Watched Happy People of the Taiga about Russians living in Siberia. Kind of interesting.

Admin duties now.

Little hand prints.

Woke up early Friday morning to finish up the grant proposal for Dunwoody Baptist Church.

Got it in the mail. Pray that my partners there will continue to support us!

Lots of pollen in the air!

The dogwood trees are fantastic now!

I dropped off the financial report to our treasurer. GREAT job, Ashley for doing this!

Got a call late Thursday from the manager at Columns at Bentley Manor in Marietta. It was time to sign the new lease for the mission! Sadly, on the way over, a mere 30 minutes before signing the lease, I got a call from Pastor Rubio whose team had been working there along side of Eastside Baptist Church. BOTH churches said they no longer have the volunteers to help. So sad. So instead of signing the new lease, I told them the bad news that the ministry would stop there. Sometimes the church just doesn’t feel the need to go to the people.

Jesse and I enjoyed Brazilian food at Sabor do Brazil, then went to visit Eastside BC.

Place was totally locked up. Oh, well.

I mentioned to Jesse that my favorite museum in Georgia was only 30 minutes away in Cartersville. So we took a ride on up past Marietta to see the Tellus museum.

I think it’s a great place! Plenty of dinosaurs, rocks and space stuff!

Dropped Jesse off back at Azalea then came home to spend time with Kathy. We enjoyed watching Elementary and Suits together.

I crashed out early. Too tired to even do my homework.

Saturday morning up early to work on editing and processing videos and burning DVDs for the teams from last week. Working on other admin duties.

I still like to play!

Ashley and I had a fun time with our final briefing and commitment service for our teams from Warner Robbins and Locust Grove.

Part of our commitment service includes passing a baton from one to another and saying, “He’s counting on me.”

After our prayer time, the teams signed our “Landing Pad” as a contract for Jesus.

One of our Whirlwind Missions traditions involves having your picture taken in the “Sublime Blue Mariachi” hat.


We took the two groups to experience Latino culture at Plaza Fiesta. Always something different to see!

Delicious food at Mi Tierra!

Went back to FBC Doraville to work on the “Bags of Love” project. The kids decorate lunch bags with scripture verses, put a tract and some candy in a bag and hand them out at the apartment complexes.

Then worked at the missions with the kids!





Admin duties now and editing video of the teams. Tired after a long day and short night last night!

I thought these clouds with con trail was cool.

Ashley and I had fun briefing our teams from Strong Rock Christian School and Central Baptist Church from Warner Robbins, GA!

We took them on safari to Al Madina to understand more of Islam.

And to Global Mall to see the Hindu temple and eat lunch at Ashiana.

As soon as we finished lunch, I jumped on I85 and headed straight south to Fortson, GA to speak at Antioch Baptist Church.

It was more than two hours of driving, but I had a fun time with them! I was pooped after driving. Found a shady spot to rest. My first sleeping selfie.

Got home at nearly 11pm. Uploading pictures now and admin duties before I go to sleep. I get pretty wired when I do these presentations. Takes me a while to get calmed down enough to speak.

My attitude now is to the very best I’ve ever done with every presentation, no matter how small the crowd. “Leave it on the field,” is my battle cry!

April 1st! Means I was able to upload UPload!

This is a terrific addition to my collection of podcasts! Perhaps the most wound up, fired up, way UP edition ever! Check out “UPload!” Man, this is a great episode.

Ashley and I enjoyed briefing our team on Buddhism today.

Plenty of Bubblation!

Then off to Asian Square. Always something interesting and beautiful to see.

Enjoyed lunch at Penang Malaysian food with the Strong Rock team.

Ashley’s new outfit!

Worked on the newsletters after lunch.

To the Post Office to mail packages and newsletters!

Then off to the missions to work with the kids.


My first shot of my pre-summer flip flop feet!

Came home to enjoy watching Sherlock (the BBC version) on Netflix. What a TERRIFIC show!

Admin duties now.

Beauty flowers!

Worked on the labels for the newsletter Sunday night.


Also got all the packages for the teams ready to mail.

Beautiful high clouds this morning.

Ashley and I had fun briefing our team from Strong Rock Christian School and Central Baptist from Warner Robbins.

We took them on a tour of the Buford Highway Farmers Market! Always fun!

Central enjoyed their lunch at the Farmers Market.

Then to their hotel to get checked in and have a quick break. I think I needed the break worse than they did.

Picked them up at 3:30pm to go over to the missions at Azalea and at Cumberland Court.

The kids helped me do the labels.


Spent time cleaning the mission before I left to come back to Stone Mountain.

Paid the bills.

Went through all the letters to make sure they were done properly. Needed to add some labels and a couple of stamps that the kids had missed.

Enjoyed watching the first part of OKA, the story of a man making recordings of the forest and the Pygmy people. Really interesting. I hope it has a good ending. A lot of times it’ll turn out where the Bantu wipe everyone out. That’s not zesty.

Admin duties now and rest. Fire it up again tomorrow!